विस्मय

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विस्मय (vismaya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋɪs.məj/

Noun

विस्मय • (vismay) m

daze
surprise
consternation
Synonyms: अचंभा (acambhā), अचरज (acraj), तिलमिला (tilmilā)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “विस्मय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Etymology

From वि- (vi-, “apart, asunder”) +‎ स्मय (smaya, “pride, conceit”)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋis̪.mɐ.jɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋis̪.mɐ.jɐ/

Noun

विस्मय • (vismaya) m

amazement, wonder, admiration

Derived terms

विस्मयकर (vismayakara, “astonishing, wonderful”)
विस्मयन (vismayana, “wonder, astonishment”)

Descendants

→ Hindi: विस्मय (vismay)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “विस्मय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1002.

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